Security Assurance Coordinator - Delivery & Governance

Carbon60; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon60 is seeking a Mid-Level Delivery Team Security Lead within the Security as a Service function in Portsmouth. The role focuses on coordinating security-assurance work across products and services, applying MOD Secure by Design, and maintaining an evidence-based security posture with clear records.

You will engage with product owners, engineers and governance stakeholders, escalate material risks, and lead assurance activities from discovery through to in-service change, while ensuring

Qualifications

• Practical experience delivering defined assurance activities.
• Knowledge of risk-management principles and recognised frameworks.
• Ability to produce auditable security documentation and evidence.
• Experience analysing designs, data flows and dependencies for action.
• Experience communicating risks and decisions to technical and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as day-to-day security assurance point of contact for an allocated portfolio.
• Support teams to apply Secure by Design requirements across the lifecycle.
• Register and maintain capabilities in cyber-risk tooling with current records.
• Plan and coordinate assurance activity and define evidence requirements.
• Produce and maintain governance packs, risk assessments and treatment plans.
• Coordinate maturity and in-service assurance; map evidence and track actions.
• Facilitate quarterly cyber-risk reviews with governance and stakeholders.
• Prepare evidence to unblock assurance milestones and registrations.
• Monitor delivery against plans and escalate significant risk.
• Maintain auditable records with proper handling and classifications.
• Build relationships across product, engineering, architecture and governance.
• Contribute to templates, guidance and knowledge transfer.

Skills

MOD security governance

Cyber security risk management

Security documentation

Stakeholder communication

Independent work

Education

CISSP

CISM

CCP

Job description

Carbon60 is seeking a Mid-Level Delivery Team Security Lead within the Security as a Service function in Portsmouth. The role focuses on coordinating security-assurance work across products and services, applying MOD Secure by Design, and maintaining an evidence-based security posture with clear records.

You will engage with product owners, engineers and governance stakeholders, escalate material risks, and lead assurance activities from discovery through to in-service change, while ensuring